Derek Walcott Collection, 1957-1981. [1957-1981]

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Derek Walcott Collection, 1957-1981. [1957-1981]

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The first set of material acquired comprised the illustrations and set drawings for the Joker of Seville. The second installment, a substantial collection (manuscripts of plays, poems, correspondence, scraps books, photographs), covers the period when Walcott was based in Trinidad and Tobago and the establishment and activity of the Trinidad Theatre Workshop, as well as much of his poetry and prose up to 1981. The third set of material acquired consists of the manuscripts for the poem Omeros.

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The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Main Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine

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The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine, Main Library, The University of the West Indies, Saint Augustine

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Walcott, Derek

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Derek Walcott is a St. Lucian poet and dramatist of international repute. He attended The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica and lived for many years in Trinidad and Tobago, where he founded the Trinidad Theatre Workshop. His literary output has won him many outstanding international awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992. From the description of Derek Walcott Collection, 1957-1981. [1957-1981] (The Alma Jordan Library, The University of the West Indies, S...